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OWENSVILLE — Bledsoe Bulas Post 6133 and Auxiliary on May 19 visited Owensville Middle School (OMS) for an interactive Memorial Day presentation.
The presentation focused on flag etiquette, …
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By Taylor James; Staff Writer
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5/27/26
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OWENSVILLE — Route 66 is celebrating its Centennial year in 2026, which has already brought many travelers through Cuba and the surrounding areas. For those who are attracted to historic landmarks, …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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5/27/26
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OWENSVILLE — Gasconade County R-2 Family Liaison Sam Mangrum on May 18 presented a mil-tax report to the Gasconade County R-2 Board of Education claiming 50 percent of the district’s enrollment …
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By Taylor James; Staff Writer
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5/27/26
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There could be as many as nine ballot measures before Missouri voters in August and November, including proposals on abortion, taxes, initiative petitions, state parks and congressional …
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BY:RUDI KELLER, Missouri Independent
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5/27/26
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I have been thinking a lot recently about things I have only done once. Some of those things were dumb, some were very scary and others so much fun! I read somewhere that: “There are things you …
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by Bruce Heberle
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5/27/26
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In Missouri and states across the country, testing and accountability stand at a crossroads. While states still administer annual assessments and hold schools accountable for their students’ …
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by Eric Syverson
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5/27/26
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The Friends of Rock Island Trail State Park (FoRIT), in partnership with the Gasconade County Commission and regional trail advocates, invites the public to celebrate the opening of another completed …
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5/27/26
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OWENSVILLE — Preparations for the city’s fiscal year 2026-27 budget are being reviewed by staff in anticipation of final approval on June 15.
Owensville aldermen have held three budget …
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By Dave Roberts, Sports Writer
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5/27/26
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The Gasconade County R-2 Board of Education on May 18 approved staff hirings, rehirings and a resignation.
Owensville Middle School (OMS) CCLC Site Director Kevin Crowder’s resignation was …
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By Taylor James; Staff Writer
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5/27/26
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HERMANN – Did the storms that blew across Gasconade County early last week contain more than heavy winds and torrential rains? Possibly, said one county government official.
Northern District …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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5/27/26
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5/27/26
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5/27/26
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Gasconade County R-2 Board of Education member Keith Glaser resigned from his seat on May 22, with 11 months left to his three-year term.
According to the minutes from last Friday’s special …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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5/26/26
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Missouri state law specifies: “Bond elections may be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February but no other issue shall be included on the ballot for such election.”
March …
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By Paul Hamby
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5/26/26
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If I write a second book about turkey hunting, one of the stories would be about the spring that I took Dr. David Fell on a hunt in Texas County, in the heart of the Ozarks. Dr. Fell was a client …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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5/26/26
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One of the benefits of attending a top-ranked university, like the University of Missouri in Columbia, is the speakers and entertainment they bring in.
In my four years of attendance — plus …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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5/26/26
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JEFFERSON CITY — The 2026 legislative session that ended Friday was marked by a Republican push to eliminate income tax and Democratic complaints that public schools got short shrift.
The 2026 …
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By Erin Hynes, Anika Austvold, Hailey Sanford and Nolan Haberstroh, Missouri News Network
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5/26/26
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JEFFERSON CITY — It’s 12:30 a.m. on April 16, and the Missouri Senate is gearing up for a roll-call vote.
The body is in session unusually late, well outside the Capitol’s standard …
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By Jackson Cooper, Missouri News Network
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5/26/26
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JEFFERSON CITY — This legislative session saw the divide between the state legislative and judicial branches grow, with calls to change how judges are appointed.
By session’s end, proposed …
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By Eric Hughes, Missouri News Network
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5/26/26
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The announcement last week by Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway that 35 illegal gambling machines were seized across four counties illustrated another move toward weeding out the estimated …
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By Sawyer Bess, Missouri News Network
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5/26/26
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